Along with two other restaurants, Cora is the author of three successful cookbooks, has a cookware line, line of gourmet olive oils and tapenades, and is a mother to four children.

FORBES: Connect

Although de la Falaise spent the previous decade working as one of Europe's most sought after private chefs he's cooked for a number of Hollywood stars and catered his good friend Kate Moss's recent wedding two years ago, at age 39, he set upon the idea to develop his own line of sustainable olive oils and vinegars, Le Garde-Manger de la Falaise.

WSJ: Artisanal Olive Oil

The Sultan's pair of wheels -- a top-line Mercedes and an olive Bentley -- were parked ostentatiously in front of the Palace's huge doors for the duration of the conference.

CNN: Location Is Everything

At last he has something to show for the olive branches he has thrown at India, notably a ceasefire along the line of control in November 2003, and an effort to rein in the Pakistan-based militants stoking the insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

ECONOMIST: India and Pakistan

Army bulldozers uprooted a nearby Palestinian olive grove and, on November 18th, the government issued demolition orders for 15 Palestinian houses that line the route from the enclave to Kiryat Arba.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians